An American woman who flew to Sydney with an undeclared gold-plated “Colt-style” firearm in her luggage planned to attend a clown school and take up residence there, a court was told. Liliana Goodson, also known as River, admitted illegally importing an unlicensed illegal firearm and ammunition when she appeared at Downing Centre Magistrates Court on … Read more
Under Queensland state's recent anti-hoon law proposals, people who upload videos of themselves burning out online could face up to five years in prison.
Australian workers could be fired if they do not consent to invasive medical tests despite planned changes to privacy laws, a report warns. The Australia Institute study, released on Tuesday, examined the experiences of workers in the mining sector who were required to undergo blood tests without much explanation during the recruitment process.
A long-term analysis of 24,000 employees has shown that the right not to have to be on call 24 hours a day increases productivity and employee retention, a study shows. New federal “right to disconnect” laws come into effect on August 26, meaning employees are legally protected from being forced to answer non-urgent calls or … Read more
According to a commission, the criminal offenses for those who create or threaten to distribute digitally altered sexual images of a person must be simplified and new laws to combat deepfakes must be passed without delay. Deepfakes are digitally altered images of a person or their body. Using AI, for example, an image can be … Read more